Conductor support



S. S. MATTHES.

Mai; 13,: 1923.-

CONDUCTOR SUPPORT.

FILED MAR. 25. 1922.

Fatented Mar. 13, 192.3.

UNITED -S TATEE I retain raraar arr es;

SAMUEL S. MATTH ES, OF MANSFIELD," OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OHIO BRASSCOMPANY;

OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CONDUCTOR SUPPORT.

Application filed March 25, 1922. Serial No. 546,698.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. MATTHES, acitizen of the United StatesofAmerica, residing at, Mansfield, in the.county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Conductor Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

I My invention relates to improvements in conductor supports and.resides more particularly in what are known as renewable tips forconductor supports,

The ob ect of my invention is to produce a device which can be used incombination with such conductor supports asare known in the trade astrolley frogs or switches, sectional insulators, trol'ley wirecrossings, etc., and which in combination with such devices will forceand maintain the trolley conductor in place and which is capable ofbeing made of brass or bronze where the other parts of the support maybe made of malleable iron or other ferric metal, thereby producing aconstruction very much cheaper than if the whole device were made ofbronze or other expensive material. It is possible to carry out thiscombination as the extreme tips can be made of bronze whereby any arcingthat may occur'when a trolley wheel passes from the device on to thetrolley wire will be a minimum which would not be the case if the wholedevice, including the tip, were made of malleable iron.

My invention resides in the construction, combination and relation ofthe various parts herein fully set forth and described."

In the drawing accompanying the specificat1on:

Fig. 1 is a side view of my invention in combination with the end of anoverhead frog, sectional insulator or other device used in supporting atrolley wire.

Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view insection on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

F ig. 4 is a view in section on the line 44 ber 1 at its extreme end isformed with a tapered opening 4 having its greater dimen sion at theextreme exterior and the upper the walls 6 may be cast as indicated, bythe H dotted lines 7 in Fig. 3 thereby giving a greater width tothe slot5 and the walls can then beforced inwardly afterthe. wire-has beenentered within the recess 4.

The end of'the member 2 is formed with the tapered portion 8 so shapedas to 00111 form to the opening 4'so far as its upper and lower edgesare ooncerned after the trolleywire is. in position. The opposite endofthe member from the tapered portion 8 is formedwitha channel 9 havingdepend-v ingilips 10 10 adapted to receive the trolleywire 3 and thelipsto be formed. aboutthe trolley wire after the memberQ is in positionwith respect to the member 1. H

In installing my invention the trolley wire is first passed into theslot 5 into the recess 4. The tapered end 8 of the member 2is theninserted into the recess4 and forced back into the recess 4 by means ofhammer blows applied to the hammer lug 11. After the member 2 has beenforced into position and the trolley wire down against the lower inneredge of the recess 4 one or both of the bendable lugs 12 are bent overto engage the member 2 to maintain the member 2 in posit-ion. The lips10 are then bent about the pleting the installation upon the trolleywire.

As my invention I claima- 1. A support for trolley conductors comprisinga body member provided with slot for the conductor, the slot terminatingin an enlarged openin having tapered walls. a detachable member having atapered portion at one end to enter the enlargedopening and engage itstapered walls and the trolley con" ductor to force into and retain inplacethe conductor, means on the detachable member exterior of the bodymember to receive the conductor and means on the body member to engagethe detachablemember to maintain the two members in position. I v

2. A support for trolley'conductors comprising a body member providedwith a slot for the conductor, the slot terminatingin an enlargedopening having tapered walls. a detachable member having a taperedportion at one end to enter the enlarged opening and engage its taperedWalls and the trolley conductor toforce into and retain in place theconductor and means on the body member to engage the detachable memberto maintain the tWo members in position.

3. A support for a trolley conductor comarisin a bod member to receive acon- 'ductor, a longitudinally slidable member having a Wedgingengagement With the body me-mbe1.'-and. the conductor and having aportion to engage and grip the conductor exterior of the body member andmeans on one member to engage means on the other member to preventlongitudinal movement of the members in a direction away from eachother.

at. A support for a trolleyconductor comprising a body member providedwith means to receive the conductor, a portion or said means consistingof an enlarged recess having tapered Walls to receive a detachablemember to engage the conductor to force it into and maintain it inplace, a detachable member provided With a tapered end to enter thetapered recess, means on the detachable member to receive the impact ofa blow applied to the detachable member to force the detachable memberinto place and means on the body member to engage the detachable memberto retain them together.

An article of manufacture comprising a body member provided With meansto receive a conductor, the means terminating in an enlarged taperedrecess open at both ends and having its larger opening away from thebody member, a detachable member adapted to enter the recess and beforced into engagement With the Walls of the recess and the conductor tomove the conductor into place and retain it therein and means on one ofthe members to engage the other member for retaining the membersagainst'separation.

6. A support fora trolley conductor comprising a body member to receivethe cond'uctor a longitudinally slidable member having a Wedgingengagement With the body member and the conductor to force and maintainthe conductor in place and having means external to the body member toreceive and engage the conductor and means on one member to engage meanson the other member to prevent the relative movement of the members in adirection away from each other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' SAMUEL S. MATTHES;

